Victim Services Training and Technical Assistance (VSTTA)

The Office for Victims of Crime within the Department of Justice is seeking information from qualified vendors to support the Victim Services Training and Technical Assistance program through a Request for Information, with the goal of enhancing national capacity to serve crime victims through expert, coordinated, and data-driven training and technical assistance. The contractor must deliver nationwide services to victim service providers, advocates, administrators, and policymakers across a wide spectrum of victimization types including domestic and sexual violence, child abuse, human trafficking, elder abuse, mass violence, terrorism, and identity theft. The contractor will be responsible for managing a comprehensive consultant database containing resumes, biographical information, locations, skills, and training specialties, while ensuring all consultants are properly credentialed and, where necessary, supported through government security clearance processes. Training materials must be developed or adapted using adult learning principles and delivered via the OJP Online Learning Management Platform. The contractor must be prepared to respond to emergency incidents involving mass violence or terrorism, capable of operating outside standard business hours and on weekends, with a potential burden of up to 30 incident responses annually and support for Anti-Terrorism Emergency Assistance Program applications. The solicitation, identified as VSTTA0617, is a small business set-aside under NAICS code 541611 for administrative management and general management consulting services, with performance based in Washington D.C., specifically at a 20002 zip code. Responses must be submitted via email to Zipora Chepkoit by 10:00 a.m. EST on July 1, 2026, and are limited to ten pages excluding past performance documentation. Vendors must include full organizational identification details such as name, address, website, DUNS number, CAGE code, business designation, socioeconomic status, and any applicable government-wide contracting vehicles like GSA Schedules or OASIS. Proposals must contain tailored capability statements demonstrating experience managing similar federal contracts delivering training to victim service organizations and allied professionals, with clear evidence of organizational and staff competence to execute the complex and diverse tasks outlined. The government has indicated it will not respond to inquiries, requiring vendors to embed all necessary clarifications within their submissions. Place of performance, period of performance, and pricing details have not been specified as this is a market research solicitation, not a binding procurement.